Elena Gurevich (ed.) 2017, ‘Anonymous Þulur, Skipa heiti 1’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 861.
Nú mun ek skýra of skipa heiti:
ǫrk, árakló, askr, sessrúmnir,
skeið, skúta, skip ok Skíðblaðnir,
nór, Naglfari, nǫkkvi, snekkja.
Nú mun ek skýra of heiti skipa: ǫrk, árakló, askr, sessrúmnir, skeið, skúta, skip ok Skíðblaðnir, nór, Naglfari, nǫkkvi, snekkja.
‘Now I shall explain the names of ships: ark, oar-claw, ash, roomy-seater, warship, vessel, ship and Skíðblaðnir, nór, Naglfari, rowing boat, warship. ’
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Nv mvn ec skyra ofskipa heiti . Avrk araklo askr sessrvmnir | skeið skvta skip ok skiðblaðnir nór naglfari nokqvi sneckia.
(VEÞ)
Nú mun ek skýra
of skipa heiti:
ǫrk, árakló,
askr, sessrúmnir,
skeið, skúta, skip
Skíðblaðnir,
nór, Naglfari,
nǫkkvi, snekkja.
†[…]† skýra
of skipa heiti:
†aur kara†, kló,
askr, sesshrungnis,
skeið, †skú[…]†, skip
ok Skíðblaðnir,
nór, Naglfari,
nǫkkvi, snekkja.
Nú man ek skýra
of skipa heiti:
ǫrk, árakló,
askr, sessrúmnir,
skeið, skúta, skip
ok Skíðblaðnir,
nór, Naglfari,
nǫkkvi ok, snekkja.
Nv man ec skyra of skipa hæiti ø̨rk árakló askr sæssrvmnir | skæið skvta skip ok skiðblaðnir nór naglfari nø̨kkvi ok snækkia .
(VEÞ)
†[…]v† mun ek skýra
of skipa heiti:
ǫrk, árakló,
askr, sess†rymir†,
skeið, skúta, skip
ok Skíðblaðnir,
nór, Naglfari,
nǫkkvi ok, snekkja.
[...]v mvn ek skýra of skípa heíti . o᷎rk arakló askr sess ry᷎mir skeid skuta skíp ok skid | bladnir nórr naglfarr no᷎ckui ok sneckía .
(VEÞ)
†Nv† mun ek skýra
of skipa heiti:
ǫrk, árakló,
askr, sessrúmnir,
skeið, skúta, skip
ok Skíðblaðnir,
nór, Naglfari,
nǫkkvi, snekkja.
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